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Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino hunt a serial killer in new project

Jon Avnet's Righteous Kill, set to star Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino, has secured a North American deal with Overture Films, the company's CEO Chris McGurk and COO Danny Rosett announced.

The legendary stars are reuniting for the second time since their historic couple of scenes together in Heat. They were both in The Godfather Part 2, but did not share any scenes.

Written by Russell Gewirtz (who wrote the jazzy Inside Man), the film features the DeNiro and Pacino as two detectives on the hunt for a serial killer whose victims are criminals who have slipped through the cracks of the justice system. After following a trail of clues, the detectives soon realize the killer had unusual access to his victims, the type of access only another cop would have.